“If I could find a suitable test subject I would be making more progress than I am.” Rain told her, and Cannival could hear the frustration in his voice. Her ears flattened slightly against her skull as she watched him pace. She could understand his annoyance. Weasels and rats were so much smaller then wolves, it must be difficult to translate procedures learned on such a tiny mammal to something much larger. One large paw lifted to draw circles in the dusty ground below. She did owe Rain her life, and there was always the possibility that she might learn something that she could take back to Abaven. Hell, together they might be able to change the world of medicine. That was worth a little budge of ethics, was it not?
"If.. if it helps, I could be your subject." Her head dipped downwards, and she peered up at him shyly. "I owe you that much, at least." She swallowed hard, hindquarters slowly lowering until she was sitting quietly on the floor. It wasn't easy to see in the low-light, but she felt the need to look around Rain's workshop once more. Each time her gaze landed upon a new item or material, she considered how it would be used on her. The wolf fiddled with a shard of glass, and Cannival's stomach turned.
She almost missed Rain's next question entirely, and when it occurred to her that he was waiting for an answer Cannival snapped her gaze away from the sharp glass. "Uh, my leg is okay... it only really hurts when I move it in certain ways, I'm getting used to maneuvering around differently." Her tail drummed nervously against the floor. Whatever he had to do, Cannival knew she was in no position to argue it. Her friend had already done so much for her. He healed her burns outside Abaven, offered her shelter in Risen and defended her presence against the large wolf Malleus. After all, this was all in the name of science, right?
Total Word Count: 1267.... but, we're gonna have to go over the prompt's minimum anyways because we haven't touched upon the experiments yet lol.
Rain Cannival
